PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL

PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL is a roomy 9-12 campus in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE. The school caters to 1,793 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 73% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Within ST. LUCIE, which oversees 53 schools and 49,308 students, PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL lists that 33% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% Black, 29% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 46.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Lucie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across St. Lucie County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 6%, going from 1,694 students in 2018 to 1,793 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 43% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.